Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

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by mr_o47 • 5 years ago

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I have been really thankful for hackernews. This place has been full of great knowledge and people.

I really appreciate the efforts of the people who are running this platform.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

NotPractical• 5 years ago

It's pleasant to see something like this on here mixed in with all the technical posts. Happy thanksgiving!

cirrus3• 5 years ago

Agree. As much as this place drives up my anxiety and displeasure everyday, it is still my #1 source for news that I care to hear about. Kind of a low bar, but hey, still above the bar =)

DoreenMichele• 5 years ago

HN is the best place I've found to discuss medical stuff in a serious and sciency manner, for which I am endlessly grateful.

eru• 5 years ago

You might like https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ and Slate Star Codex.

sbuccini• 5 years ago

Thinking about all the folks on call for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday crush. They were some of my favorite days working in e-commerce but, then again, everything always went smoothly during my tenure. Thanks for holding down the fort for the rest of us!

enahs-sf2• 5 years ago

Was up at 1:30am fixing that blocker in production last night. Never a dull moment!

exikyut3• 5 years ago

Aw, what was it? (Roughly)

kwertyoowiyop2• 5 years ago

Thanks to you, and everyone who is on call today!

throwanem3• 5 years ago

I've been in that trench too. I'm thankful to be out of it, and able to enjoy the festivities without always having an ear out for that PagerDuty ringtone.

(EAS tones, I always used, the SAME FSK chirps followed by the attention tone. Wake the dead, that will. If you never want to miss a page again - and never want anyone in earshot to doubt it's important, besides - give it a try! Bonus side effect: you'll immediately be in the correct frame of mind if the real balloon ever goes up.)

exikyut3• 5 years ago

853 + 960Hz? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbegB49B1TY

(If you do check, maybe turn it down to be nice to your nerves :D)

waleedamer• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving!!!

area51org• 5 years ago

Let's be thankful for being alive.

EDIT: "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." –Carl Sagan

systemvoltage• 5 years ago

Interesting bunch, thanks for good discussion and thanks to the HN team.

splch• 5 years ago

discovered this site this year! super thankful for that :)

josh2600• 5 years ago

Hackernews is simultaneously the most cantankerous and, imho, highest quality response on average public forum on the net. I absolutely love it here and sincerely appreciate this place. I feel like I’ve grown up on this site in so many ways.

I am continually humbled by not just the consistent quality of content but also the comments. It’s a testament to the moderators that this site has maintained this level of quality for so long.

I am thankful and happy to use thanksgiving as an excuse to express that notion.

codetrotter• 5 years ago

HN is a great place to learn new things. And new words! This is the first time I’ve ever heard the word “cantankerous” :)

psalminen• 5 years ago

Agreed. I can think of a few words off hand I learned here. Rejoinder has probably been my favorite.

silisili2• 5 years ago

It's definitely one of the only places on the internet where you can ask a question or insult something, and have either the creator or most renown SME pop out of nowhere to explain everything. Never seen anything quite like it in any other field of interest I have.

underdeserver• 5 years ago

SME = subject matter expert?

Please spell out your abbreviations for those of us who are not familiar :)

leemailll• 5 years ago

HN is quite enjoyable to read, the only exception I observed is any topic political or someway a topic is diverted into that trench.

beezischillin• 5 years ago

This is the only platform I frequent where I read more than I comment and I learn a lot from people, too. I always come here to find interesting takes on things and I'm very rarely disappointed. A lot of times I delete my comments instead of posting because I worry ot might not be a good enough contribution and that I might sound dumb. That's very humbling.

Happy Thanksgiving!

prohobo2• 5 years ago

Hackernews works. I respect the mods and appreciate their work keeping everything running. We're living in increasingly volatile times, and while a lot of us are stubborn and hard of hearing - myself included - and people like Jonathan Blow like to hate on that, I still think this forum is a bastion for real discussion and understanding on all kinds of topics.

imran02• 5 years ago

It's bizarre how many times I've come across someone just randomly hating on Jon Blow. I don't know what this guy does to attract such attention considering his relatively niche space of work.

someuname• 5 years ago

If you go against the status quo you get flagged. It's just as shit as any other forum.

jonplackett2• 5 years ago

My proudest work-achievement of the year was getting to #1 spot of my favourite website with termsandconditions.game

I love HN. Happy thanksgiving!

ravenstine• 5 years ago

Even the worst comments on HN are far better than the worst comments on Reddit or Twitter.

hellbannedguy• 5 years ago

I agree on everything, but the moderation. Personally, I have seen very few times where their assistance is even needed.

I have seen them squash interesting debates.

I had one guy email me, and tell me at home to stop commenting so much. (Never forgot that one, and there are no TOS. I will probally pay for those last two sentences? Then again if HN is what it claims, maybe not?)

What makes this place special is there are a wide range of people here interested in many subjects. What I love most is cutting through the bull. I doubt there's a person here who doesn't know about The Scientific Method, or The Placebo Effect.

We don't automatically give credit to the wealthy boys unless they did something really spectacular in their lives, and we want to know exactly how much help the wealthy family had in the success. We don't let them pontificate ad nausium because they made money. We scrutinize and investigate everyone, and every idea. From the best in class PhDs to lost disenfranchised souls. Everyone has a chance to make their point.

Hacker News is by far the best site for technical discussion.

(I do spend too much time here. It's my fault though. I don't have much of a life, and I am lonely. I am looking for new sites besides Reddit. Reddit would be so much better if everyone wasen't trying out for a SNL contract.)

newbamboo2• 5 years ago

Didn’t really read you post but this jumped out at me, “Hacker News is by far the best site for technical discussion.”

Indubitably true.

Frankly, even if I’m forever shadowbanned, I can’t think of a better place on the net. It reminds me of the old net, the best parts. The current fashion and culture change a bit over the years but not too much. It’s hard to not mess up a good thing but they do well to do that here, even if there’s a strong pro-CCP bias evident at times in some of the moderation.

xupybd• 5 years ago

If you're lonely I can't be any more emphatic when I recommend real life groups.

Tech meet ups, gym classes, insert interest here groups and anything else you can think of.

Online connections just don't fully satisfy the human need for connecting.

gigatexal• 5 years ago

Yup, you all on the whole teach me a ton and keep me honest. You call me out on my shit and also submit really cool things. Here's to more.

skeeter2020• 5 years ago

> Hackernews is simultaneously the most cantankerous and, imho, highest quality response

In other words, exactly what the internet was and (for people like me) hoped it would continue to be. I don't think it's entirely the moderation (though that certainly helps) but somehow the conceptual integrity has been maintained and has a powerful shaping force.

I never completely agree with the content and opinions, but we all seem really well aligned with the rules of the game.

exdsq2• 5 years ago

First thanksgiving in the US. My wife and I have stocked up on some of the worst looking pre-made things from Safeway to easily make tomorrow so neither of us have to cook. Excited to have a long weekend :) Enjoy yours too!

elguyosupremo• 5 years ago

The most important part of Thanksgiving is spending time with the people you care about, the food is all secondary; it sounds like you're doing things right.

That being said, in the future I recommend seeking out the best pies that you can, my personal favorites are blueberry and apple.

Welcome to America and happy Thanksgiving!

hereforphone• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving. Please remember that regardless of the "difficulties" the western world is facing now, you have it better than almost everyone on the planet. I've been to some of the poorest countries on earth in war and peace. Never take anything for granted. Please be safe, and be thankful.

eric4smith• 5 years ago

As an Immigrant to the USA, I did not get the whole thanksgiving thing. But then as I had a kid there, I warmed up to it.

Then now I've been living abroad for almost 10 years without returning home to the USA and if I did not see this post I would not even have remembered.

It's strange how we can so quickly adjust to holidays from different countries in just a few years -- while forgetting the ones back home so easily. And it's not because we were ingrained with them as kids, because while I grew up in Jamaica, I've totally forgotten the holidays there now.

I guess the main one is Christmas - it's hard to forget because of all the shopping - and that's kinda celebrated here in Asia too.

Anyway... Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

busymom02• 5 years ago

In the same boat myself. I immigrated from india to Canada many years ago and since then, Christmas is the only one I can actually remember and usually celebrate. The other traditional ones like Diwali, Durga Puja, Holi, Eid etc are all forgotten to me unless my family reminds me of it.

bufordtwain• 5 years ago

UK immigrant to the USA here. I heard about and celebrated Diwali for the first time this year (by going out for Indian food). I'm up for any and all holidays. Especially ones that involve food and no other commitments :) Happy Thanksgiving to all!

A4ET8a8uTh0• 5 years ago

I can relate as I am an immigrant as well. I do not know if it is me getting older or the fact this year was especially eventful ( new title, first baby ), but, despite all the stuff going on in the world today, I feel especially thankful.

It is funny, because only few years ago I was more cynical about it and reduced all holidays to the 'feast' part.

andrew_• 5 years ago

Citizen of the Earth, member of the Cherokee Nation - let us not forget the spirit of the day. Everyone viewing this post has something to be thankful for. Be humble, be kind. Happy Thanksgiving.

theonething• 5 years ago

be kind

Likewise to you.

DeathArrow2• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans!

DeathArrow2• 5 years ago

Why the downvote? Not everybody here is from US.

sul_tasto• 5 years ago

Can’t say I agree with the downvote. Nevertheless, even though Thanksgiving is a US holiday, the spirit of Thanksgiving is to invite and include everyone. You don’t have to be a US citizen to celebrate Thanksgiving.

vmception• 5 years ago

It’s a nice reason to recollect what you are thankful for or can be as other people share

To me i can appreciate that far more than worrying about the origin story, but the version thats told is inspirational too

thepasswordis• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving, HN! Hoping for a safe and happy weekend for everyone, and praying for anybody daring to brave an airport! Good luck, and reminder: take as much leftovers home as you possibly can. Stuffing a Hawaiian roll full of cold turkey and cranberry sauce and eating it over the sink is a godly act.

For those of you who have to work to keep this giant machine running, just be aware: legally you are allowed to have one drink at your desk at all times during the holiday weekend. I don't make the rules.

gwill• 5 years ago

"Stuffing a Hawaiian roll full of cold turkey and cranberry sauce and eating it over the sink is a godly act."

what i would pay for that experience while walking home after a night out.

dudus• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope you can spend some time with family this holidays.

You are all beautiful, bickering, nerds. And I love you all.

plainOldText• 5 years ago

I – like other people have reported – have grown tremendously intellectually by reading HN through the years.

Happy Thanksgiving!

protomyth• 5 years ago

For those that are alone, remember the world is full of serendipity and the desolate years can change.

For those in groups, be thankful for those you break bread with and the paths that led them to your table.

tentacleuno2• 5 years ago

Some people are both at the same time. You can be in a social group yet feel bitterly alone at the same time. That's essentially what I used to feel like.

Shared404• 5 years ago

That's a hard place to be in, for those in that situation, know that at least one internet stranger cares enough to chat for a bit - emails in my bio.

Can't promise to respond instantly, but will respond before I go to bed tonight.

Tokelin• 5 years ago

I may not celebrate Thanksgiving (not American) but I would still like to say thanks to hacker news. I don't remember how long ago I discovered it, but it's been an amazing journey. Let it never end. Thank you to this amazing community.

aspenmayer• 5 years ago

Thank you, HN, one and all. You’re my favorite online place.

omot2• 5 years ago

Thanks dang! Hopefully they'll give you a promotion soon, maybe some equity in YC companies! Maybe you'll even let us implement dark mode on Hacker News soon. ;)

You the real one!

freetinker• 5 years ago

Yup, thanks Dang!

michaelsbradley• 5 years ago

We give Thee thanks, almighty God, for all Thy benefits, who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.

May the Lord grant us His peace and life everlasting. Amen.

Happy Thanksgiving!

yrral• 5 years ago

I've been a HN member for 11 years and 11 months to this exact day (I joined Christmas 2009).

Since then, I've lived in 6 different cities, 5 different timezones and worked on countless side projects. But all this time, HN has always been my most visited month after month.

I can always count on this place to keep me up to date with the latest tech trends and read discussions between reasonable people. Thank you all and especially dang for keeping discussions high quality. Especially as the quality of content on the rest of the internet deteriorates in the pursuit of virility.

It's a testament to you all that place feels the same as it did 10+ years ago.

kilroy123• 5 years ago

Same here! My account is about the same age, and I've lived abroad all over the world.

Hackernews always helped me feel grounded and connected to the tech world and community at large.

mbroncano• 5 years ago

Same for me, most probably this account is about 10 years old or so, but I’ve been lurking for even longer.

spurgu• 5 years ago

Almost 9 years 9 months here, 5 cities, 4 countries, 3 timezones. :)

authed2• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving, Hackers!

https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/spatchcock-turkey/

kmstout• 5 years ago

I've butterflied turkeys for years and the results have always been great. Evenly cooked, juicy meat. Crispy skin. Less time. (You can also cook the bird atop a layer of stuffing.)

authed2• 5 years ago

It is a great way to cook chicken and turkey.

eganist• 5 years ago

This is nice, and I'm glad you posted it, and I'm glad it's still up.

Happy thanksgiving! And for non-Americans wondering what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

Controversy around origin aside, hey at least the spirit of it is nice.

tehlike• 5 years ago

We recently learned our friend's 9-month-old was diagnosed with leukemia. I have a two year old daughter, and cant even imagine the pain they are going through.

This year, I am thankful for being healthy as a family, and i am praying for the kid.

That's all.

tjpnz• 5 years ago

To all those saying it's a strictly American affair I would point out that Japan also has it's own version on the same week.

Happy Labor Thanksgiving Day everyone!

dang4• 5 years ago

What is the Japanese version of Thanksgiving? I had no idea.

krapp• 5 years ago

They probably mean this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Thanksgiving_Day

mynegation• 5 years ago

Thank you Dan Gackle for making this site my happy place, the only place on the internet that I read every day.

Thank you all for posting and upvoting the interesting stories. Thank you for replying to my comments. Thank you for upvoting them. Thank you for downvoting them, too. I come here to learn and be amazed at knowledge, creativity, and kindness.

newbie789• 5 years ago

I’ll upvote that. Being a mod is a difficult and nearly completely thankless (but utterly necessary) job, he’s got a good attitude and consistent enforcement of the rules. Cheers dang!

ericd• 5 years ago

Definitely, thanks dang!

christophilus• 5 years ago

dang does a dang good job. He’s corrected me a few times for posting unhelpful, snarky, or dismissive comments. His care and vigilance really makes this the best forum on the web that I’m aware of.

rsj_hn• 5 years ago

dang good egg, confirmed.

Happy Thanksgiving!

hackitup7• 5 years ago

Dang is the traffic cop + mom + cool older cousin + prison warden that HN needs, and I think that's what's allowed this place to stay so great.

benjaminwootton• 5 years ago

I always assumed dang was an Asian name. Didn't realise it was a Dan G :-)

cghendrix• 5 years ago

Same!

newbamboo2• 5 years ago

Knowing his name is Gackle I still suspect he is of Asian descent. Because Asians are cool. They have western names if they are mixed. Nothing at all wrong with that.

tentacleuno2• 5 years ago

Dang is a bloody excellent moderator. I personally love his more talkative and eloquent tone, instead of the "can you stop", "just follow the rules or fuck off" attitude other moderators seem to have. He's a bit of a role model to me, so I do tend to try and watch how he moderates and blend it into my own style.

randycupertino3• 5 years ago

Ha! I literally just commented almost exactly the same thing below to another post. I'm glad there's a few of us who appreciate his benevolence.

TravHatesMe• 5 years ago

Didn't know his name, I was saying dang as in dangit in my head for year. Need to fix that to Dan-G.

rwbhn• 5 years ago

Hear, hear!

Happy Thanksgiving, all. Hope you are able to spend time with family and friends.

missedthecue• 5 years ago

As someone who has been rapped across the proverbial knuckles by dang for making unnecessarily combative or snarky comments, I too want to thank him for making this a great place.

teruakohatu• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving. This is such a wonderful community that I am so pleased to be part of.

relwin• 5 years ago

My Thanksgiving Bullet Enumerated List:

1) I'm thankful my elderly parents and in-laws are healthy and survived the worst of the pandemic.

2) I'm thankful new relatives are healthy and thriving (who doesn't adore babies?)

3) I'm thankful my immediate family is OK. Zoom-schooling and masking is not ideal but we adjusted and adapted.

4) I'm in awe of the medical professionals who withstood the brunt of the pandemic and continue to provide for our well-being.

5) And the technologists that support the medical professionals -- the those who build the tools, design the scientific instruments, operate the equipment, push the tech to incrementally do more -- all this seems like magic but is comprised of late night debugging, inspired insight, that blood-sweat-beers workpersonship that keeps society chugging along.

Ccecil• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving.

Eat some food, love your fellow humans but most importantly.

Thank you to all the Opensource Devs

tartoran• 5 years ago

Happy TG HN, Dang and PG

Huhty• 5 years ago

Right back at ya!

busymom02• 5 years ago

We had the Canadian thanksgiving few weeks ago. Happy thanksgiving to all my American friends and family!

ryan0x00• 5 years ago

Much love. Happy thanksgiving <3

rackjack• 5 years ago

In terms of Hacker News specific gratitude, I am thankful for the deep and diverse level of experience lots of people on here possess, and the moderators who enable these voices to rise to the top.

kaladin_1• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

I am grateful for this platform, the moderators and all contributors.

Thank you Dan.

I remember when I was new here. I was impressed and equally challenged by the achievements of people here. One of my first questions was how I could get a good remote job. Dan replied and informed me about the Whoishiring account. He sounded very positive and even wished me good luck. I felt so motivated and eventually used it to secure a remote work that I really like.

dang4• 5 years ago

Yay! I love it when HN has positive effects on people's real lives. It did that for me too, long before I became a moderator here. Thank you, PG.

knaik94• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving y'all

rnoorda• 5 years ago

I was recently in a meeting with a colleague about some recent craziness that just finished. A lot of hard work, not fun, but ended up just fine. Then a few minutes later, I find out her daughter is in the hospital, so she's been back-and-forth there a lot, and her life is exponentially more crazy than my own. I felt terrible for complaining about my dumb issues. Work's hard sometimes, but it's so small in comparison.

The upside of the conversation is that I've felt extra thankful this year- I have friends/family/coworkers going through sickness, abuse, divorce, coming out of the closet, and more, and it puts my concerns in perspective. My life is far from perfect, but I'm grateful for what I do have.

I know very little about any of you personally, but I hope you continue to share your knowledge, wisdom, dumb anecdotes, and opinions both great and terrible.

tickerticker• 5 years ago

Meta cognition right der

midasuni• 5 years ago

That was 2 months ago

dt3ft• 5 years ago

I am very thankful for being alive and for getting to experience this world, no matter how cruel it may be at times. I survived 4 years of war that begun when I was 9 years old in the 90s. There is plenty to be thankful for.

Happy thanksgiving!

TuneG• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

nickpp• 5 years ago

I am not American, but I give thanks today that USA exists. Because, for all its failings, it still is such an inspiration for how things can be great in the world and how a dream for a future in which we are so much more than we are today - can exist.

Happy Thanksgiving!

5555624• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

ablekh• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving! I appreciate this community and wish everyone all the best this holiday season and beyond.

unkulunkulu5• 5 years ago

I’m from another culture and this is a FIRST thanksgiving for me :)

This place has been not only enjoyable and absolutely blowing away for me because of all the great people who participated in key events for our industry and provided first hand perspective on something I only remotely heard of before.

But the warm inclusive accepting and encouraging atmosphere here is totally something else on the internets nowadays, thank every single one of you for that.

And a cherry on top, one of the book recommendations here changed my life in ways I could not have imagined, so you’re all very special for me, hope to be a part of this big and warm community for the years to come, thank you for your precious time and attention!

shill• 5 years ago

Do you mind sharing the name of the book?

unkulunkulu5• 5 years ago

It’s Keith Johnston Improv. It really helped me to become friends with my subconscious, imagination, destroy some assumptions about myself, reframe my view of children, of course laid a stone into my decision to have a child (like this year as opposed to “eventually” or some day as I started interacting with children after reading the book), showed me a cool hobby and a new way to express myself as an event organizer. I have like 240 highlights and notes in it, more than in any other book by far, it was really a book written just for me at that point in life, you know? It also has a bit of a twist towards the end. Highly recommend! I’m 33 if this provides some context I dunno :)

neoncontrails• 5 years ago

Gosh, this was beautiful to read as an incidentally American person.

There's something truly healing in giving thanks, in calling attention to the countless small acts of kindness without which we wouldn't be where we are today. The holiday itself is so freighted with the weight of our history, but the premise seems good. It actually seems to me more humanist, less materialistic and less secular, than any other holiday on the Western calendar.

unkulunkulu5• 5 years ago

For sure, gratitude is healing both ways, holidays like this must really have a wide positive effect on communities and wellbeing of people. We need more of those :) Goingaroundstreetsandscreamingiloveyouateachotherday anyone? :))

wiether2• 5 years ago

I'll also be thankful for the book's name

unkulunkulu5• 5 years ago

Replied to the first post with details, Keith Johnston Improv

aydwi• 5 years ago

Speaking of books discovered on HN, this website is an excellent, distilled resource: https://hackernewsbooks.com/

1cvmask2• 5 years ago

The number one book this week is:

How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

enimodas• 5 years ago

Let's try to not go shopping this year so those retail workers can also have a happy thanksgiving.

stephenitis• 5 years ago

I am thankful for this community helping largely stay off normal news sources and providing me with healthy discussion to jog my brain in some long ass Austrian lockdowns.

Thanks everyone & HN staff

atlasunshrugged• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving, thanks to everyone who makes this an informative and interesting place and especially thanks to Dang for the usually thankless job of moderating tough discussions!

larodi• 5 years ago

Most honest gratitude to all of you who contribute with incredible comments and valuable insights in the comments section!

jonplackett2• 5 years ago

Pretty much the only place on the internet where the comments are as intelligent and informative - or more so - than the articles themselves.

Actually, that’s probably a much higher bar than needs leaping over - it’s pretty much the only place where the comments aren’t just a bunch of hate filled bile.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK• 5 years ago

My daily news fix converged to just two sources - HN and Daily Science telegram channels. Thank you guys for liberating me from the Reddit hell!

goblinux• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

barrenko• 5 years ago

HN and coding is keeping me sane since March 2020.

Thank you OP and everyone on HN.

Dumblydorr• 5 years ago

Today, I am thankful for all of the technologists who made the greatest tool of all time: the computer. And here's to the greatest language of all time: VBA. Haha just kidding, it's obviously Rust. Or is it? Hehehehe.

Just getting my snarky comment practice in before the family dinner. Alright, I'm off to bake a sweet potato souffle!

drakonka• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving! There is no Thanksgiving in my country, but I have been reflecting on my work life as we approach the end of the year and I'm really thankful for having gotten to spend 14 happy years working with a bunch of different, interesting tech stacks.

rajasimon• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving HN. I'm living in India and recently got the US company offer through HackerNews. It's truely one of the best forum that I recommend to my friends and families. Stay safe!

meken• 5 years ago

I am thankful for the recent Ask HN thread where the guy mentioned he feels dumb and lazy. I found it very relatable and it caused good introspection on my part as well.

oschvr• 5 years ago

I got hired through Hacker News, thanks to this forum !

b3lvedere• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

rfreytag• 5 years ago

Yes! Happy thanksgiving to all y'all (especially you dang)!

yawnxyz2• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving!!

I actually find stuff and learn stuff on here that's relevant to both my personal and professional development.

Stuff I've learned here includes: how to manage my own time better and make better decisions, how to do better code testing, lots of pro- and anti- crypto stuff, and a ton more. I've also discovered things like Svelte JS, CUE Lang, and a ton of other tools I use daily.

So thanks, HN!!

Toobam• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving day family. I love you all here. May the gods of tech be with you all.

TheBigLebowski• 5 years ago

Non-American but I do truly appreciate any holiday that puts emphasis on taking stock of what, and who, you are lucky enough to have in your life. Keep on hacking and posting folks, and I'll remain thankful for many years to come!

OMGCable• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

bhu1st2• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving all. I'm from Kathmandu, Nepal we celebrate something similar around October, called Dashain, the spirit is the same. Family time, good food and being thankful for what we have.

deberon• 5 years ago

What is the appropriate way to wish somebody a happy Dashain?

bhu1st2• 5 years ago

Simply say Happy Dashain!

swader999• 5 years ago

Happy for some. We're only allowed to have gatherings of six people. Up to twenty for funerals. Sadly, our beloved family pet turkey passed away yesterday.

chainwax• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving! Hackernews has been a godsend for me and my success as a software engineer is owed in part to this forum.

I grew up the son of an English teacher. As a kid, I was always encouraged to look up words I didn't know in the dictionary. I do the same thing here, just replace words with topics and the dictionary with Google. The sheer amount of topics that I now know "enough to have a conversation about" is insane.

On posts about new versions of libraries, frameworks, languages, services, etc, it is not uncommon to see members of the teams that built them chatting about it in the comments. Hearing from developers directly rather than release notes or marketing dribble is so refreshing.

The holy wars that go on in comments sections are also always entertaining. Honestly, those are probably my favorite part.

I've never found a board/community online that is as high quality, informative in topics I care about, or entertaining as this one. I'm thankful for HN, the mods, and the community here.

m0llusk• 5 years ago

An interesting game, mr_o47. The only winning move is to play.

randycupertino3• 5 years ago

Thank you hacker news commentors for being more thoughtful, insightful, and well-spoken than people commenting on Reddit! Always enjoy and appreciate the discussions and threads on here and love finding interesting articles and thought-provoking commentary.

Additionally, truly appreciate the text-based interface!

kodon• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving back at you

rcconf• 5 years ago

Thank you all, HN is a fantastic community.

kwertyoowiyop2• 5 years ago

this->gratitude++; // thank you (almost) all!

rookderby• 5 years ago

I am thankful for this site, and the awesome comments from users. I'm really thankful for comments with sources and that a lot of users follow the guidelines [1]. It makes for interesting reading. Thanks for a place I can read something new on every day.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

teddyh• 5 years ago

Thanksgiving?

I guess next up is President’s Day? Columbus Day?

primitivesuave• 5 years ago

It's been over 8 years for me with you wonderful people, thank you all so much for the immeasurable wisdom you have imparted over the years.

b20000• 5 years ago

thanks, and happy thanksgiving to you as well and everyone else here. apart from the occasional ranting and bitching this has been a very nice place.

bob1029• 5 years ago

There is no other place like this on the internet.

I would like to thank everyone who visits this site and participates in these excellent conversation threads.

Extra special thanks to dang for keeping all of these cats in 1 bag.

sakopov• 5 years ago

My 10th year on HN after several years lurking. There is no better place on internet. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Stay healthy, be kind and count your blessings.

myohmy• 5 years ago

Happy turkey day everyone!

I hope your turkey comes out better than mine did...

Zensynthium• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving everyone! Proud to be a part of the community. Been here for about a year now and I'm looking forward to another one with you all!

ionwake• 5 years ago

Happy thanksgiving dang and to all of you

jollybean• 5 years ago

Happy 'American' Thanksgiving. :)

app4soft• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all!

#np “Your job is my smile”[0]

[0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1464011349885870091

maxcx• 5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving!

embit• 5 years ago

Yes happy thanks giving HNers. This is the only place I visit multiple times a day and each visit is educational. Thanks

Russelfuture• 5 years ago

Yes, absolutely, I want to say this also. Hacker News / Ycombinator is very fine and excellent. Thanx for running this site. It is unique, the format is genius simple, and I learn and discover things here I would otherwise have no knowledge of. We are in rural location in Canada, coming in via Starlink now. The internet is critical for us. It is our economic, social and scientific link to the world. Sites of the quality of Hacker News are rare now. If we ever manage to get to and live on Mars, I hope we can have satellite relay link to HN. Happy Thanxgiving to everyone. And best of luck for everyone's future projects!

Skunkleton• 5 years ago

This is a great time to be thankful for what make HN great for me. Thanks Dang!

jayolden• 5 years ago

I have read and learned a lot of things throughout my stay here in HN. I am hoping to learn more things in the future. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

mayankkaizen• 5 years ago

I am not a technocrat by any means. I don't even work any engineering company, much less software company. In last 5 years, I've stopped using Twitter, Facebook and Reddit. In my real life, I have absolutely nobody to talk about anything which is remotely intellectual or technology. Heck, I can't even talk about great movies, books and music. Have been suffering from depression practically all my life

While living such a life, HN is THE ONLY place where I get some sort of satisfaction. This is the only place where I find practically everyone smarter than me. This is the only place where people can discuss stuffs without any agenda, propaganda, hate or anything like that. This is the only place where comments offer better insights than the posted article. This is one of only two website (other is wikipedia) where people's positive efforts show up. This site has actually made me a critical thinker. People talk about stuffs, even about non technological topics, which people in my real life don't even have any clue about. This is the only place where I have to think thrice before commenting anything. I mean I can rarely add anything to discussion which is better than other posts. There is so much to learn here.

And Dang, you are a great moderator. You are taking good care of this beautiful garden called HN.

Thank you HN and all the members. You guys don't realize how much change you bring in lives of people like me who have no direct connection to 'intellectual' world.

0x008• 5 years ago

I fear the day when hacker news will be gone. I will probably never again be able to keep up with developments in the tech space.

Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

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